Less than one month after Nicole’s death, though, Detective Patrick O’Farrell publicly dismissed the case’s connection during a press conference.
And since losing that possible lead, Nicole’s case has remained cold for nearly four years now.
“I am saddened by how this happened. It wakes me up in the night thinking about it. I am trying to hold it together, but it’s so hard. I haven’t hit the anger yet; I am sure that will come. But for now, I am just grieving at your loss,” Mike wrote in a farewell letter published on Facebook two weeks after Nicole’s death.
Authorities have since asked the Austin community to step in and contribute any relevant knowledge of Nicole’s whereabouts prior to her murder.
If you have any information about the case, you are urged to contact the Austin Police Department Homicide Unit via phone at (512) 477-3588 or email at homicide.apd@austintexas.gov.
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